download users guide to the brooklyn waterfront greenway
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Funding for this map has been provided by the New York Community Trust and Inde- pendence Community Foundation.
Funding for this map is provided by:
This artist ’s rendering shows a possible completed segment of the proposed Greenway. The design ob-jective for most of the route is a 30-ft wide, continuous, landscaped, off-street space with separate paths for bikes and pedestrians. The nature and design charac-
teristics will vary along the route, reflecting the unique character of Brooklyn’s waterfront communities.
Additional support provided by Bikes Belong Coalition, The Brenner Family Foundation, Merck Family Fund and New York Foundation.
Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway¶ When completed, the proposed Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway will be a 14-mile safe, landscaped, off-street path connecting neighbors and neighborhoods to four major parks and over a dozen local open spaces on Brooklyn’s historic wa-terfront. Separate paths for bicycles and pedestrians will allow cyclists and joggers as well as families and friends out for a sun-set stroll to exercise and relax at the water’s edge. In addition, the Greenway will serve as an important transportation route for commuters seeking alternatives to automobiles.
¶ Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Inc. (BGI) is a non-profit organization formed in 2004 to plan and implement the Brooklyn Wa-terfront Greenway. BGI staff members and volunteers have worked since 1998 to build
and sustain the political, public, civic, and government part-nerships necessary to create a continuous 14-mile waterfront greenway from Greenpoint to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
¶ UPROSE, one of NYC’s most effective environmental jus-tice organizations, is facilitating a community-driven design process for the Sunset Park Greenway-Blueway. It will include extensive streetscape improvements, connecting Sunset Park, NYC’s largest walk-to-work community, to its waterfront. For more information, please visit www.uprose.org.
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative145 Columbia StreetBrooklyn, NY 11231718.522.0193www.brooklyngreenway.org
¶ Special thanks to Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez; Office of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Office of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz; NYS Department of State; NYC Departments of Trans-portation and Parks & Recreation and the NYC Economic Develop-ment Corporation; Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation and Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation.
¶ Take care as you navigate the preliminary route of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. We are work-
ing hard so future visitors will enjoy a landscaped, off-street path but, for now, please keep your eye out for potholes, errant drivers, and other commonly-occurring urban street hazards. To report any dangerous street conditions please call 3-1-1 from any phone.
¶ Transportation Alternatives also has many cycling maps, which can be found at www.transalt.org.
¶ For NY Water Taxi schedules, maps and info: 212.742.1969 or www.nywatertaxi.com.
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¶ For more information about Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, and to join us in our efforts, please visit our website and consider making a donation. Please send comments, corrections or suggestions to:[email protected].
Please reuse this durable map by passing it on to someone else when you are through with it. The paper it is printed on is made from #5 (Polypropylene) plastic. For more information, please visit www.yupo.com.
© Brooklyn Greenway Initiative 2009
The Waterfront Museum and Showboat BargeListed on the National Register of Historic Places, this unique wooden vessel, located on Pier 44 at the end of Conover Street, is a compelling destination that provides access to the wa-terfront while celebrating the historic preservation of Brook-lyn’s industrial past. Open ev-ery Thur. 4 -8 pm and Sat. 1-5. Groups anytime by appoint-ment. For more information, call (718) 624-4719 or visit www.waterfrontmuseum.org.
Red Hook ParkThe 58-acre Red Hook Park is a center of community life. Unique in the diversity of facilities it offers, the park includes handball courts, soccer, baseball and football fields, a running track, the Red Hook Pool, Red Hook Community Farm, picnic ar-eas and some of New York’s best Latin-American food vendors.
Constructed in 1902, Bush Terminal was a thriving industrial complex which included port facilities and a 21-mile rail system. Today, the city, state and fed-eral government are funding an environ-mental cleanup and construction of the planned Bush Terminal Park, which will include ballfields, a wetland wildlife area and an environmental education center. This 23-acre park will be served by the Sunset Park Greenway-Blueway.
Bush Terminal Piers and Park
Erie Basin was built as the New York City transfer point for imports and exports shipped via the Erie Canal. In 1861, it became a strategic location for ship repairs with the construction of the first of two graving docks. Working barges and tugboats can still be found in Erie Basin, and IKEA has implemented the greenway as part of Erie Basin Park.
Erie Basin
The Gowanus Canal was once consid-ered the nation’s busiest commercial ca-nal, and also its most polluted. Recent repairs to the canal’s flushing tunnel and a nearby sewage treatment plant brought back the fish, birds and boat-ers. Keep your eyes open for blue crabs, egrets and cormorants. Local enthu-siasts have also seeded the canal with oysters.
Gowanus Canal
Greenway Design Principles
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West St. Kent Ave.
Furman St.
Columbia St.
Van Brunt St.
Conover St.
Ferris St.
Beard St.
Halleck St.
Court St.Smith St.
Hamilton Ave.
32nd st.
3rd Ave.
39th st.
1st Ave.2nd Ave.58th St.
Flushing Ave.
Williamsburg
Rutledge St.
Kent Ave.
Navy St.
York St.
Front St.
East River
WallaboutBay
ButtermilkChannel
GowanusBay
ErieBasin
Atlantic Basin
HudsonRiver
Newtown Creek
Gowanus Canal
Broa
dway
Flushing
�roop
Bedford
Tompkins
Franklin
Washington
Lafayette
RossHooper
Clymer
Myrtle
Dekalb
Waverly
Vanderbilt
Hall
Adelphi
NavyHudson
John
Water
Plymouth
Henry
Willow Hicks
Court
Atla
ntic
Ave
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Atla
ntic
Ave
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Fulton St
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Cong
ress
Berge
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Sche
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horn
Flatbush Ave.
Livings
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Fulton M
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Hoyt
Kane
Deg
raw
Sack
ett
Uni
on
Sum
mit
Co�ey
Bay
Prospect Expressw
ay Fort Hamilton Parkway
Coney Island Avenue
Ocean Parkway
Parkside
18th
15th
9th
3rd
20th
22nd
24th
26th
28th
30th
34th
36th41st
42nd
44th
49th
5th Ave.
7th Ave.
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Conover
Van Brunt
Dwight
Columbia
Clinton
Smith
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tagu
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Clinton
Boerum
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Cla
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Jay
Washington
Gold
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
N 11thMcGuinness Blvd
Manhattan
Manhattan
Leonard
Bushwick
Franklin
Clay
Commercial
Eagle
India
Greenpoint
Noble
Calyer
Nassau
BerryBedford
Wythe
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Planned Ferry Stop
Bedford
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PulaskiBridge
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
4th Ave.
5th Ave.
7th Ave.
Owl’sHeadPark
Shore Parkway Esplanade
SunsetPark
RedHook
Pier44
Greenpoint
Williamsburg
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Manhattan
Manhattan
Queens
GovernorsIsland
ProspectHeights
CarrollGardens
Columbia Waterfront
Park Slope
WindsorTerrace
Brooklyn Heights
Ft. Greene
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DowntownBrooklyn
Bay Ridge
DykerHeights
BoroughPark
Kensington
Vinegar Hill
DUMBO
BrooklynNavyYard
CobbleHill
BoerumHill
Brooklyn Bridge Park
CadmanPlazaParkEmpire-
Fulton Ferry State Park
FultonFerry
Landing
Main StreetCity Park
Ft. GreenePark
CommodoreBarry Park
McCarrenPark
McGolrickPark
East RiverState Park
BushwickInlet Park Prospect
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BrooklynBotanicGarden
RedHookParkCo�ey
Park
GreenwoodCemetery
SunsetPark
Bush TerminalPiers & ParkValentino
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A User’s Guide to the Brooklyn Water front Greenway . map includes all 14 miles of the preliminary on-street and off-street route, as well as the planned off-street greenway along the Brooklyn waterfront from Greenpoint to Bay Ridge. Also identified on the map are some of Brooklyn’s finest waterfront views, areas where you can get recharged with food and water, connecting modes of transportation, and numerous current and future parks and open spaces. Printed on a durable, waterproof paper, this guide is envi-ronmentally friendly, recyclable, ultra-reusable and will endure all types of weather for years to come. This guide also helps to connect Brooklyn’s past as a working waterfront to its future as a dynamic public space. Exciting new activities and opportunities are emerging along the northern Brooklyn waterfront, where for nearly 100 years there were only four public access points to the water’s edge. So, put on your running shoes, grab your wheels, and travel across the borough’s colorful history along the route of the future Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. And please con-sider contributing to Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, the non-profit organization that is leading the greenway effort and creat-ing a new relationship between Brooklyn and its waterfront.
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The Brooklyn waterfront, with its strategic location on New York Harbor, was a primary center of shipbuilding and waterborne com-merce in the 19th and 20th century. The surrounding neighborhoods found success in printing, pottery-making, glassworks and metal cast-ing, exporting goods around the world. This history survives in the cobblestone streets and Civil War-era warehouses in DUMBO and Red Hook.
The Working Waterfront History
Bushwick InletBushwick Inlet was the launch site for the ironclad Civil War warship USS Monitor. In 2005, the Greenpoint and Williamsburg waterfront was rezoned from industrial to residential, paving the way for a new waterfront park. This 28-acre open space will include a waterfront esplanade, ball-fields, a boathouse, a performance area, a beach and other amenities.
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From the time its shores were first settled, Newtown Creek has gone through a number of trans-formations, from farming and shipbuilding to oil refineries and storage tanks, which contributed to the nation’s largest oil spill. Today, cleanup efforts are under-way and new life is springing up along its shores, including includ-ing a new waterfront park at the foot of Manhattan Avenue.
Newtown Creek
Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn Bridge Park is an 85-acre project that will transform 1.3 miles of industrial waterfront into recreational areas, restored habitats and play-grounds stretching from the Manhattan Bridge to Atlantic Ave. Three sec-tions are already in place: Fulton Ferry Landing, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, and Main Street City Park. Pier 1 and Pier 6 will open in 2009-10.
Brooklyn Navy YardFounded in 1801, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was once America’s premier shipbuilding facility, playing a crucial role in wars, including WWII when 75,000 people were employed at the yard’s shipbuilding and repair facili-ties. The Brooklyn Navy Yard Devel-opment Corporation now manages this thriving 300-acre industrial park.
Atlantic BasinAtlantic Basin, completed in 1847, has been at the center of Brooklyn’s working waterfront for over 150 years. That tra-dition has continued with the opening of the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, built to accommodate one of the world’s largest cruise ships, Queen Mary 2. Redevelop-ment plans are underway to create vibrant, new public and cultural spaces, a ferry stop and better connections to the waterfront.
From the collection of B. McCormick
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